Just received a Blackberry charging pod (the chrome one) yesterday. This is the kind that charges the 8130 via the contacts on the bottom.

Plugged it in to the USB and dropped my 8130 in it, and it charged up just fine.

This morning, I started up my PC, the little light on the front of the pod is on. I put my BB in the pod and the light flickers off. No charge.
I switch to a different USB port. The BB logo on the front of the pod lights up again, drop the 8130 in, light goes off...hmmmm.

Reboot PC, try this again, same results. So i plug directly to the 8130 (using side USB port) and it charges.

Anyone have any ideas? I like having the pod because i can just drop the BB in and not have to worry about fumbling for a USB cable.

Sort of. The Blackberry drivers up the USB current to 500ma, the nominal current on a USB port is 100ma. It would be better to connect it to a port that directly connects to the computer for charging purposes.

ok, well I left it connected to the USB port straight off the PC all day and had no problems. Its just weird that all day yesterday it was fine...unless I had it in the dock while it was fully charged and it wasnt drawing full current, just a trickle charge.